528 Miscellaneous — Royal College of Science. 



In 1904 Mr. Beadnell was awarded the " Barlow-Jameson Fund " 

 by the Geological Society of London. 



Mr. Beadnell this year resigned his post on the Geological Survey 

 of Egypt, and has taken up the appointment of Manager in the oases 

 for The Corporation of Western Egypt, Limited, a company with 

 Government concessions over a large area, formed to develop the 

 mineral and agricultural resources of the Libyan Desert oases. 

 Work is being commenced in the oasis of Kharga, which will be 

 connected b}' railway with Farshat in the Nile Valley. The future 

 of the oases depends primarily on the inci'ease of the water-supply, 

 and preparations for extensive boring operations are in progress. 



The following is a list of Mr. Beadnell's publications : — 



1900. "The Phosphate Deposits of Egypt." Cairo. (Joiut.) 



1901. " Decouvertes Geologiques Receutes daus la Yallee du Nil et le Desert 



Libyen " : Cong. Geol. Int. 1900, Paris. 

 " Farafra Oasis ; its Geology and Topography." Cairo. 

 " Dakhla Oasis ; its Geology and Topography." Cairo. 

 ''The Fay urn Depression, a District in Eg)'pt coiitaining a new Palffiogene 



Vertebrate Fauna": Geol. Mao., December, 1901. 



1902. "'Note on ArsinoitheriiiiH Zitteh . . . ." Cairo. 



" Some New Mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt." Cairo. (Joint.) 

 " The Cretaceous Region of Abu Roash, near the Pyramids of Giza." Cairo. 



1903. "A Land Tortoise from the Upper Eocene of the Fayiim, Egypt." Cairo. 



(Joint paper with Dr. C. W. Andrews.) 

 "Neolithic Flint Implements from the Northern Desert of the Fayum, 



Egjiit": Geol. Mag., February, 1903. 

 " Baharia Oasis ; its Geology and Topogi-aphy." Cairo. (Joint.) 

 1905. " The Oases and the Geology of Egypt," in Sii' William Willcocks' " Nile 



in 1904 " ; London. 

 " The Phosphate Deposits of Egypt" (•2nd ed.). Cairo. (Joint.) 

 " The Topography aud Geology of the Fayiim Province of Egypt." Cairo. ^ 

 "The Relations of the Eocene and Cretaceous in the Esna- Aswan reach of 



the Nile Valley." Read at Geological Society, June, 1905. 



EoYAL College of Science, London. — Mr. Samuel Herbert Cox, 

 F.C.S., F.G.S., who has been appointed Professor of Mining at the 

 Koyal College of Science, Soutli Kensington, is an Associate of the 

 Koyal School of Mines. After being Assistant Geologist and 

 Inspector of Mines in New Zealand he was appointed Instructor in 

 Geology, Mineralogy, and Mines in Sydney Technical College. At 

 the same time he was employed in giving technical lectures at various 

 mining camps in New South Wales, and practised as a mining 

 engineer. Since 1890 he has been entirely engaged in private 

 practice, and has had experience of mining in England, Finance, 

 Spain, Egypt, the United States, and Canada. He was President of 

 the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in 1899-1900. — Morning Post. 



We understand that Professor Chas. G. Cullis, D.Sc, F.G.S., who 

 has acted for some time as Assistant Professor, will for the present 

 continue to fill tlie Chair of Geology in the Eoyal College of Science, 

 vacated by Professor J. W. Judd, C.B., retired, aud Professor 

 A. Dendy, D.Sc, will deliver tlie lectures on zoology in place of the 

 late Professor G. B. Howes, F.R.S. 



Erkata in Mr. A. K. Coomaraswamy's article in the August 

 number : — p. 365, line 13 from bottom, for Nanla read Naula ; 

 line 5 from bottom, /or wire rend wise. 



' See Review in present number of Geol. Mag., pp. 516-519. 



